Windows 10: Screensaver stops working - error preventing slideshow from playing

I have a specific folder in my pictures which I play screensaver slideshow from. My computer will play slideshow for a while (sometimes a few minutes, sometimes 10 minutes), then I get the following message: An error is preventing this slideshow from playing.

I see that this is a ridiculously common occurrence (going back at least to Win 7), but I have yet to find a solution. I've tried multiple suggestions that I've come across while looking into this, but nothing has worked.

Does anyone know of a solution for this? Or, if no solution, are there any good (free) screensaver programs out there I can use to play my pictures in a slideshow?

TIA

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An error is preventing this slide show from playing

I have an unusual variant of the “an error is preventing this slideshow from playing” message. If I leave the screen for several minutes it suddenly goes blank and this message starts creeping all over it slowly. I have never run a Microsoft slideshow and
I have no screensaver – I am running a bog standard Acer
Aspire XC600 running Windows 10. It is not preventing any slideshow from playing - but it is just a nuisance - and I worry there may be an underlying problem.

 

An error is preventing this slideshow from playing in Windows 10.

Original Title: error on slideshow

An error is preventing this slideshow from playing in Windows 10. Also it takes a LOT of keyboard/mouse activity to stop screen saver in Windows 10.

 

I have used a version of this for the past 10 yrs w/o any issues on any OS -
Free Slide Show Screen Saver - gPhotoShow Free Edition

To set up: R click desktop/Personalize brings you to the Settings screen below. The folder selection screen will open and you can set timing and random settings, etc

 

Thank you mrgeek. I will check out that program. *Smile

 

No, thank you for reminding me to revisit this program again, as the one I was using was written in 1999 ! New version has minor interface differences but basically still the same as in the good old days of Me and XP with background music support and more transition effects.